Do You Think Attractive People Flock to Certain Cities?

Poor Philadelphia. In a survey conducted by Travel and Leisure, its residents were voted the least attractive people in the United States. (Philadelphians also "won" the titles of least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly. Oof.)

I have never been to Philadelphia, but c'mon, its citizens can't possibly be that bad! With that said, that every time I walk around New York or Paris, it seems like the annual Beautiful People convention is going on. Do you think that certain cities attract beautiful people, or is this just a nasty stereotype?

YES! get me out of Portland. I'm tired of these ppl thinking that they are in a big city, and acting upperly mobile. get over it! And these freaks from montana and idaho are starting to swarm in here like a bunch of flies that you just want to kill with one of those flourecsent lights. its like portland is the light to them, but im just wondering when they are all going to touch it and die (i dont want anyone to die... JUST GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!)

I live in the Denver area and we (Denver/Boulder) or some combination tend to make a lot of the positive lists (or Colorado as a whole, when it comes to activity levels). Some are subjective, some aren't but they certainly aren't the end all be all. There are pluses and minuses everywhere and for individuals in a certain place at a certain time, no matter how otherwise statistically appealing.

I live in San Diego and Los Angeles and come on, let's be honest: the volume of attractive people in both of these cities is significantly higher than many other places. I don't know what it is, but my best guess would be that the beautiful people go where the beautiful people already are. For me, choosing to live in Hollywood was influenced by the fact that I knew I would be surrounded by the stylish, which I happen to enjoy. It's a personal choice, which every girl has to make for herself, to reference Clueless :-)

I think people living in metropolitan cities tend to be more EXPOSED to more esthetic-centered media, or it may simple be more about the types of jobs in these cities where many to have to care about appearances (in the very least, look professional)

I think people living in metropolitan cities tend to be more EXPOSED to more esthetic-centered media, or it may simple be more about the types of jobs in these cities where many to have to care about appearances (in the very least, look professional)

A couple of years ago we went to South Beach. All you hear about South Beach is that EVERYONE is beautiful, tan, and skinny. I was surprised that most of the people were normal, healthy sized, and not overly glamorous. I felt very comfortable in all of my averageness.

It seems like there are different degrees of healthiness in different places. I live in San Diego, and people seem to be more focused on being in shape here than in other places. Maybe it's the fact that it's bikini season 9-10 months out of the year? Hmm.

I would have to say that people in certain cities do usually look better but I think it's because people feel that they have to live up to a certain standard. I don't think that people flock to a city because they are attractive but they become more attractive if the people around them are.

JennaV -- I like your point about stupid people. Maybe we should do IQ tests all over the country and make surveys about the stupidest cities and towns in America.
Focusing on arbitrary beauty classifications isn't a helpful gage to determine where to move. I need to know where the stupid people are and make sure to move far, far away from there.

JennaV -- I like your point about stupid people. Maybe we should do IQ tests all over the country and make surveys about the stupidest cities and towns in America. Focusing on arbitrary beauty classifications isn't a helpful gage to determine where to move. I need to know where the stupid people are and make sure to move far, far away from there.

I live in Philly, but am not from the area. I've lived in London, NYC, Chicago, Washington, DC, and San Fran. There are ugly people everywhere... and beautiful people everywhere. Philly might be considered ugly because it seems that there is more of a mixture in this city than other places. Lots of Black, Asian and Hispanic people live here and maybe they don't think ethnic people are beautiful. I'd love to see what they define beauty to be. I think it's incredibly subjective and surveys like this recall the Nazi's "super-race" idea. If we continue to only think one kind of person is beautiful, we are never going to have any racial harmony or progress.

I live in Philly, but am not from the area. I've lived in London, NYC, Chicago, Washington, DC, and San Fran. There are ugly people everywhere... and beautiful people everywhere.
Philly might be considered ugly because it seems that there is more of a mixture in this city than other places. Lots of Black, Asian and Hispanic people live here and maybe they don't think ethnic people are beautiful.
I'd love to see what they define beauty to be. I think it's incredibly subjective and surveys like this recall the Nazi's "super-race" idea.
If we continue to only think one kind of person is beautiful, we are never going to have any racial harmony or progress.

I believe that beautiful people flock to certain cities. You'd never go to Boston to look for beach-blonde and suntanned folks who spends most of their days at the beach in a string bikini so they take the effort to look good. I agree with Vinnie, too.

I believe that beautiful people flock to certain cities. You'd never go to Boston to look for beach-blonde and suntanned folks who spends most of their days at the beach in a string bikini so they take the effort to look good.
I agree with Vinnie, too.